Tai Lue

Field Works Photographs (2001)

July 2

July 3

102-0294-300	View of mountain top landscape
103-0305	Grassland with young rubber trees

July 16th, Week


103-0389	Da Leow. Near B. Phor
103-0391	Da Leow Gate. Gate to B. Yang Kham
103-0396	Some people are working and some are waiting for the Village Head to come and divide them their task
103-0400	People working to repair the meuang and roads

July 23rd, Week


104-0417	Collecting rubber sap after it fills up the cup
104-0428	Mai Su Jia Tha
104-0429	A woman fixing a Mai Su Jia Tha before taking it to the temple
104-0435	The end of Mai Su Jia Tha, without the banana and sugar cane leaves
104-0436	A man carrying Mai Su Jia Tha, on the way to the temple
104-0438	A bundle of Mai Su Jia Tha at the temple
104-0442	At the temple. People putting pots of Tha Leaw at the center of the temple
104-0443	Khan Khao Lok Kok Bu Ja. Containing clothes inside for blessing
104-0444	Something containing hushed and unhusked rice. Don't know what it is yet

July 30th, Week


105-0506	Jor. A small flag that is post on the sand mound. According to the rituals, there is supposed to be 128 of them on the sand mound
105-0508	Da Leaw and Ya Kha (weaved congo grass), with strings in the middle. The person will tie it around the house to get rid of sickness
105-0509	Mai Kham Kho Sa Lee
105-0510	The roots of a big tree that fell into the meuang. The people are trying to get it out by blowing it up
105-0528	A smaller land slide of the same meuang. About 15 people are currently working at this location
105-0531	A total of six villages work together to clear the meuang from land slide. One person per household

August 6th, Week

105-0538	"Khan Jai Ban" of B. Don. The "Mai Su Jai Ma" is placed around the rock in the middle of the village
105-0543	Removing the dirt from the B. Don's canal

August 13th, Week

105-0575	Tha Leow, also used on top of the entrace to the house of Tai Lue people
105-0582	B. Phor's fai. The villagers fixing part of the meuang that was broken

August 20th, Week

106-0609	A "khang chai ban" at B. Fai
106-0612	"Khang Chai Ban" of B. Khai. Located next to a tamarind tree
106-0613	"Khang Chai Ban" of B. Khuang

October 10-15th


107-0777	Women sticking paper flowers into the mound of unhusked rice
107-0778	A woman emptying a bag of rice into a pile of rice during the “sai khao lun bad.”
107-0779	A pile of harvested sticky rice, the smallest of all the piles
107-0780	Women sticking paper flowers into the rice mound during the “sai khao lun bad.”
107-0781	A woman putting up “see sai” for burning.
107-0782	A woman putting up “see sai” for burning
107-0783	A Tai Lue naga
107-0784	The head of a Tai Lue naga
107-0785	A Tai Lue lion
107-0786	A woman emptying a bag of unhusked white rice into the mound of rice
107-0787	A woman emptying a bag of husked white rice into the mound of rice
107-0788	“Mai Suit Sai Jai” after a period of time. They are placed outside under a tree
107-0789	A modern Naga of the Tai Lue at Vat Jieang Jen, Melong
107-0790	The burning of “see sai.” The Tai Lue believe that this will bring goodness to them
107-0791	A Tai Lue woman “yad nam.”
107-0793	Bamboo baskets that women used to carry there belongings to the temple in the morning
107-0794	A dragon, instead of a naga, serving as a railing to a temple. The builder (architect?) was a Chinese man

October 29th, Week

108-0851	A close up picture of a “long.”
108-0852	A man holding up a “long” ìº¤ or trap for birds. In this case the bait was a flying termite

November 5th, Week

108-0863	People at B. Phor “lang” their meuang by clearing the tall grass
108-0865	People at B. Phor building their fai at Nam Thong

November 12th, Week


109-0977	People of B. Phor working to build a fai. They are digging a part that is close to the fai
109-0982	A total of seven women out of forty-four worked in the group. Most gathered near each other
109-0987	Men putting poles into the river in order to build a fai
109-0992	Men putting up poles in order to divert the water into the meuang

November 26th, Week


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110-1064	Women sitting around a fire during the cold season. A perfect time to listen in to conversations or ask questions
110-1069	An old Tai Lue woman
110-1070	An old Tai Lue woman
110-1096	A hand grinder
110-1097	A winnowing basket
111-1115	The center of the village of B. Yhok. “Kang chai ban.”
111-1116	A traditional mortal and pestle used to grind rice. At B. Yhok.
111-1118	A woman at the loom. B. Yhok.
111-1119	A woman at the loom. B. Yhok.
111-1121	Offerings to the temple on this offering date
111-1129	Offerings to the temple at one of the villages.

December 3rd, Week


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112-1270	A lady by the elementary school of B. Yhok
112-1272	E. Seang teaching 3^rd years elementary students at B. Yhok
112-1273	Classroom at B. Yhok elementary school
112-1276	Classroom at B. Yhok elementary school.
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113-1314	Ay Seng teaching his Tai Lue students to be Chinese at B. Yhok
113-1315	One of Ay Seng’s student at B. Yhok
113-1316	One of Ay Seng’s student at B. Yhok.
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